On Thursday, September 4, 2014 7:30:32 PM UTC-4, Kalmia wrote:
> At least she faced that surgery with hope and I think that she never knew her death was imminent.
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> Read book "Bouncing Back" and see a different and hopeful side of her. Her life was not all roses, but her positive outlook never ran low.
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> I hope she's in a better place.

I just remembered something about the private Joan. I had a telephone dealing with her once on a business matter - you couldn't miss that voice and I never let on that I knew it was she. She was polite and businesslike, a different facet of her persona.